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United Flight Slides Off Runway After Landing At O'Hare: No Injuries

By Dong Jin Oh | December 18, 2016 10:29am | Updated on December 19, 2016 8:15am
 A United Airlines flight from Orlando slid off a runway after one of the tires went off the pavement.
A United Airlines flight from Orlando slid off a runway after one of the tires went off the pavement.
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CHICAGO — An airplane slid off a runway at O'Hare International Airport early Sunday, police said.

At 1:10 a.m., United Airlines flight No. 441 from Orlando International Airport was turning to taxi on the runway after a safe landing when one of the tires went off the hard pavement, said Maddie King, a United Airlines spokesperson.

There were no injuries, according to King and police.

No further information was immediately available.

As of 9:51 a.m. Sunday, 175 flights had been canceled at O'Hare after more snow Saturday and extreme cold Sunday, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation.

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